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| - A Starbucks is a Starbucks, I suppose, but after a long, hot tour of JWU with a girlfriend and her daughter, I was ready for a drink and a little nibble to get us through to lunch. On a Saturday around noon, the place was basically deserted except for 2 other people. JWU is out for the summer, all of the suits were probably at Lake Norman tied to a boat and drunk, so there were just a few souls out and about at this end of Uptown.
We were within walking distance, heading back to the Gateway parking deck after our tour, and I was in need of something to drink ASAP. I didn't really want coffee with cream in it so I asked the young man for some tea suggestions and he came up with a black tea lemonade. A minute or so later the barista was hollering out my drink. It definitely hit the spot and I got up to get a refill a few minutes later. I now feel the need to find the closest Starbucks (there are two that I could throw a rock at from my patio) and get MORE of this tea. I also had the berry crumb cake, which was moist and tasted fresher than I thought it would.
The employees were VERY friendly and helpful (there were 3 working and they all spoke and were very nice). They even held up very well to a bitchy queen who could not be pleased regardless of their "customer is right" attempts. After they remade the drink for a third time, I would have lost my patience with him, but they kept it together and kept on smiling. There wasn't a *lot* of seating, but there was plenty of bar-type seating for people who take up real estate while wi-fi'ing it up. Everything was clean and all of the straws, napkins and such were well-stocked. Should I find myself at this end of Charlotte visiting the child at JWU, I will definitely stop back in for another tea.
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